Lexical Definition

‎בֹּעַז‎ Bôʻaz (bo'-az) Boaz ^N:N-M-P
from an unused root of uncertain meaning

Boaz.

• § Boaz = "fleetness"
• Boaz, the ancestor of David
• also the name of a pillar in front of the temple

1) ancestor of David, kinsman-redeemer to Ruth, daughter-in-law of Naomi
2) name of the left of two brazen pillars, 18 cubits high, erected in the porch of Solomon's temple

See Greek: Βοόζ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֹּ֫עַז‎ proper name, masculine (quickness ?) —

1. kinsman of Naomi, who married Ruth Ruth 2:1; Ruth 2:3; Ruth 2:4; Ruth 2:5; Ruth 2:8; Ruth 2:11; Ruth 2:14; Ruth 2:15; Ruth 2:19; Ruth 2:23; Ruth 3:2; Ruth 3:7; Ruth 4:1 (twice in verse); Ruth 4:5; Ruth 4:8; Ruth 4:9; Ruth 4:13 also vRuth 4:21 (twice in verse); 1Chr 2:11; 1Chr 2:12 (ᵐ5 Βοος, Βοοζ).

2. name of the left hand of two pillars set up before temple (compare also ‎יָכִין‎ below ‎כון‎) 1Kgs 7:21 = 2Chr 3:17 (meaning obscure; ᵑ0 apparently reference to 1, compare ᵑ7 2Chr 3:17 Thes supposes name of architect or donor; Ew perhaps sons of Solomon, etc.; read possibly ‎בְּעֹז‎ in strength, ᵐ5 2Chr 3:17 ἰσχύς; Th thinks ‎יכין בעז‎ a sentence, one word being engraved on each pillar, he (God) establisheth in strength; against him, however, Ke Be; Öttli thinks an exclamation, in strength ! expressing satisfaction of architect; Klo proposes for ‎בעז‎, ‎בַּעַל עֹז‎ (compare B 1Kgs 7:21 Βαλαζ)).

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